English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective: Current issues

Sommerer L, Keizer E (2022)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Edited Volume

Subtype: Book

Publication year: 2022

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Series: Studies in Language Companion Series

City/Town: Amsterdam / Philadelphia

Book Volume: 221

ISBN: 9789027210173

DOI: 10.1075/slcs.221

Abstract

Despite a significant increase in interest over the last two decades in the English Noun Phrase, there are still many open questions and unexplored issues. The papers collected in this volume contribute to this ongoing research by addressing a range of topics concerning the internal structure, use and development of English Noun Phrases. The eleven chapters represent three main themes: 1. Determination, modification and complementation; 2. Shell nouns and the X-is construction; 3. Binominal constructions. These topics are approached in different ways: some chapters are synchronic in nature, others diachronic; and while most subscribe to functional-cognitive modelling, some take a more formal approach. In addition, different methodologies are employed, varying from qualitative and quantitative corpus analyses to experimental methods. As a result, the contributions to this volume represent both the main topics currently discussed in research on the English Noun Phrase, and the diversity in the way these topics are investigated.

Editors with CRIS profile

Lotte Sommerer

Additional Organisation(s)

Chair of English Linguistics

Involved external institutions

Universität Wien / University of Vienna AT Austria (AT) Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Sommerer, L., & Keizer, E. (Eds.) (2022). English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective: Current issues. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

MLA:

Sommerer, Lotte, and Evelien Keizer, eds. English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective: Current issues. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022.

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